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- DictionarySta·tis·tic/stəˈtistik/
noun
- 1. a fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data: "the statistics show that the crime rate has increased"
adjective
- 1. another term for statistical
noun
adjective
Function of random variables
A statistic (singular) or sample statistic is any quantity computed from values in a sample which is considered for a statistical purpose. Statistical purposes include estimating a population parameter, describing a sample, or evaluating a hypothesis. The average (or mean) of sample values is a statistic. The term statistic is used both for the function and for the value of the function on a given... Wikipedia